House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio (center), joined by (from left) House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia leaves a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, after speaking about the Keystone XL Pipeline and other issues, following a Republican Conference meeting.

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EUGENE ROBINSON

WASHINGTON -- The Republican Party was supposed to be getting its act together for the midterm election. Instead, judging from the disarray on immigration reform, things may be getting even messier.

I'm referring to House Speaker John Boehner's embarrassing climb-down. After vowing for months that the House would finally take action on immigration, last week he surrendered. The bitterly divided Republican majority cannot agree on how to proceed. Apparently, this is supposed to be President Obama's fault.